Shoulder strap for women&#39;s undergarments



y 10, 1956 E. SCHMALZ 2,753,569

SHOULDER STRAP FOR WOMEN'S UNDERGARMENTS Filed Aug. 16, '1955 .L uc lleE.Schma2z INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent SHOULDER STRAP FORWOMENS UNDERGARMENTS Lucille E. Schmalz, 'St. Jacob, Ill.

Application August 16, 1955, Serial No. 528,667

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-323) This invention relates to shoulder strapconstruction especially designed for use in connection with slips,brassieres or similar undergarments, the primary object of the presentinvention being to provide a shoulder strap which will prevent theshoulder strap from becoming accidently unfastened.

An important object of the invention is to provide a strap of clothmaterial provided with eyelets of rigid construction secured thereto forthe reception of the usual fastening hook, so that the hook may bereadily held within an eyelet of the strip of cloth, thereby addingrigidity to the strip connecting means, insuring against accidentaldisplacement of the hook positioned therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a strip of cloth materialhaving a line of spaced eyelets, the strip of cloth material being of awidth equal to the width of the shoulder strap to which the strip ofcloth material is secured, so that the eyelet strip may be secured alongits marginal longitudinal edges to a shoulder strap, to the end that theeyelets of the added cloth strip are practically invisible, resulting ina neat appearing garment.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating an eyelet constructed inaccordance with the invention, as secured to the shoulder strap.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental plan view of the underside of a shoulder strapsupplied with an eyelet strip.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 2.

2,753,569 ?atented July 10, 1956 Referring to the drawing in detail, thereference character 5 indicates a brassiere and the reference character6 indicates conventional shoulder straps of the brassiere and to whichthe eyelet strips forming the subject matter of the present inventionare secured.

As better shown by Fig. 3 of the drawing, the eyelet strip, which isindicated by the reference character 7, is constructed of cloth materialand is in strip form of a Width equal to the width of the shoulder strapto which the eyelet strip is secured. The eyelet strip is secured to theshoulder strap 6 by a line of stitching 8, the eyelet strip beingsecured to the under surface of the shoulder strap so that the eyeletstrip 7 will be invisible when the undergarment to which the eyeletstrip is secured is being worn. The eyelet strip is provided with a lineof spaced eyelets or garments 9 which are constructed of suitable rigidmaterial such as plastic or the like, to add rigidity to the eyeletstrip. The shoulder strap is provided with a hook 10 at one end thereof,which hook is adapted to hook into an eyelet 9 to hold the shoulderstrap with which the eyelet strip is connected in its adjusted position.

Because the eyelets are constructed of substantially rigid material, itwill be obvious that the hooks will be held therein against accidentaldisplacement.

It will further be seen that when the hook is positioned within aneyelet, the shoulder strap will provide a backing for the eyelet stripto completely conceal the hook 10.

The usual slide indicated at 11, is provided on the strip so that thelength of the strap may be adjusted and held in its adjusted position bythe slide.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In an undergarment formed of a fabric body and a pair of shoulderstraps, each strap comprising an elongated narrow fiexible strip fixedat one end to the rear of the garment, the other end of said strip beingfolded upon itself, a hook secured to said other end of said strip, arelatively short strip, stitching engaging about the marginal edges andthe ends of said short strip securing said short strip to the inner sideof said. first named strip, and grommets secured to said short strip forengagement with said hook, said hook and grommets being concealed in theouter side of said first named strip.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS664,675 Pichl Dec. 25, 1900 2,421,448 Witkower June 3, 1947 2,462,987Michaelson Mar. 1, 1949 2,568,670 Traub et al Sept. 18, 1951

